Protests at a LEO's home.
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Originally Posted by
Erick Gelhaus
A question for you - do you see a similar issue in re prosecutorial rulings on officer-involved shootings or citizen defensive uses of force where the prosecutor (at the county, state, or federal levels), rather than saying he/she is clearing the officer/citizen, now announces there was "insufficient evidence to pursue charges"?
I’m not DB, and you probably know this already, but prosecutors aren’t in the business of clearing people of wrongdoing; they’re in the business of prosecution. Therefore, when a prosecutor declines to bring charges, it’s not a stamp of approval vis-à-vis the conduct in question, but rather a finding that a prosecution isn’t likely enough to succeed. So, as “fuel for the flames” of public furor as a statement like "insufficient evidence to pursue charges" can be/seem, it’s quite in accordance with the prosecutor’s role.
Somewhat similarly, a petit jury doesn’t find someone “innocent”, it finds someone “not guilty” (if things go the defendant’s way). It’s not a moral exoneration, just a finding that within the established rules, the law can’t sanction this person for this act.
I’m now quite sure that you know all this, but perhaps it will be illuminating for someone else.
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Originally Posted by
BehindBlueI's
...Or we can just admit that, like communism, your notions can't survive in reality and we can stop pretending "in general" isn't code for "hypothetical"...
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. - Yogi Berra